Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup

Power Status LED

A Power Status LED is located at LE6 on the motherboard. When the LED indica- tor turns to color red, power supply has a problem. See the table at right for more information.

SAS Heartbeat LED

A SAS Heartbeat LED is located at LEDS2 on the motherboard. See the table at right for more information.

Power Status LED (LE6)

Color

 

Definition

Green

 

System Power On

 

 

 

(Power Normal)

 

 

 

Yel-

 

Standby Power Active

low

 

(System Off)

 

 

 

Red

 

System Power has

 

 

a problem (Power

 

 

Failure)

 

 

 

SAS Heartbeat LED Status

(LEDS2)

Color/State

 

Definition

Green:

 

SAS Active

 

Blinking

 

 

 

 

 

Red: Solid On

 

SAS Error

 

 

 

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SATA/SAS Ports

Two SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA 0/1) and four SATA 2.0 (I-SATA 2-5) ports are located on the board. These SATA ports are supported by the Intel C222 PCH chip. In addition to SATA connections, eight SAS ports (L-SAS 0-7), supported the LSI 2308 SAS controller, are also located on the motherboard. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

SAS/SATA Port Pin Definitions

Pin #

Definition

1Ground

2TXP

3TXN

4Ground

5RXN

6RXP

7Ground

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